Model David Gandy — who sits on the board of London men’s fashion week — told me how excited he was to be invited to No 10 to hear David Cameron talk about the fashion industry last night. “He gave a wonderful Churchill-like speech, a real fashion call to arms,” he said. “It was so inspiring — it made me want to go home and knit socks and start selling them.”

Since the late 1950s she’s been an icon for young girls and a collectable for the old(er) girls, she’s been a hard hitting career woman and a cultured lady of leisure, she’s also had the long term boyfriend and a fling with a surf hunk. Yes, Barbie has had it all, and will continue to have it all for the foreseeable future. But how much do you really know about the most famous doll in the world? Here are ten things you probably didn’t know about Barbara Millicent Roberts.